The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46648   Message #693203
Posted By: artbrooks
18-Apr-02 - 06:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Friendly fire?
Subject: RE: BS: Friendly fire?
"Shit, over"...and you can't beat a B-52 strike for BIG holes.

I'd have to question some of the figures/percentages, if only on the basis of definitions. For example, the Israeli activities in the occupied West Bank only involve military on one side, so ALL Palestinian casualties are civilian, whether they are firing an anti-tank missile or get in the way of a stray bullet while sitting on the floor.

I'm not trying to minimize the loss of the guys on the ground at all, and I personally don't give a crap whose flag is on their shoulder, but please keep in mind that the pilot is probably a 23 year-old kid who is going to have to live with the fact that he screwed up and killed four people for the rest of his life, and anybody who thinks that will be easy hasn't been there.